Our firm, its practices, departments and lawyers receive frequent recognition, ranking us among the world’s best in industry surveys and major publications. We are proud of these honors and believe that they demonstrate the breadth, depth and excellence of Gibson Dunn. We invite you to browse recent news involving our firm.
Los Angeles partner Jeffrey Krause was named by Turnarounds & Workouts to its 2018 list of Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers. The list was published in the December 2018 issue.
December 21, 2018
Gibson Dunn was named an "Asian-mena Counsel & In-House Community: Firm of the Year, 2018” in the Projects and Project Financing category in the Hong Kong region.
December 21, 2018
The Am Law Litigation Daily named San Francisco partner Rachel Brass and Century City partner Scott Edelman as “Litigators of the Week” [PDF] for successfully defending Ottogi Company, Ltd.
December 20, 2018
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2019 ranked Gibson Dunn in four practice areas and named Frankfurt partner Dirk Oberbracht as Leading Lawyer in Private Equity.
December 20, 2018
The German publication JUVE named Munich associate Katharina Saulich to its 40 under 40 list, featuring emerging lawyers “to whom many in the market predict a great future.” Saulich advises clients in the area of corporate governance and compliance.
December 19, 2018
Barbara Becker was named to The Deal’s Women in M&A: The Powerhouse 20, featuring female M&A lawyers and bankers at the top of their professions. Becker is a corporate partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.
December 18, 2018
French business magazine Magazine des Affaires has ranked Gibson Dunn in the top tier in both its debt restructuring and insolvency categories. The rankings were published in the December 2018 restructuring special of Magazine des Affaires.
December 18, 2018
BTI Consulting has ranked Gibson Dunn fifth on its annual list, the BTI Client Service 30 for 2019, which features the law firms "clients recognize as best of the best in overall client service." The list was compiled from more than 350 in-depth interviews with top legal decision makers at the world’s leading organizations.
December 12, 2018
The Financial Times named Gibson Dunn as the winner in the category, “Innovation in Legal Expertise: Managing Complexity and Scale” at its annual FT North America Innovative Lawyers Awards 2018.
December 10, 2018
The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the winner of the Texas Regional Litigation Department of the Year. The firm was recognized for co-leading the defense of AT&T’s $108 billion acquisition of Time Warner, defending a multibillion-dollar price-fixing class action for BNSF and winning a take-nothing judgment in an $8 billion bet-the-company arbitration for Bechtel and Jacobs Engineering. The award was presented on December 5, 2018.
December 5, 2018
Century City partner Ari Lanin and Los Angeles partner Benyamin Ross were named to Variety’s 2018 Dealmakers Impact Report, which profiles the entertainment industry’s top attorneys, executives, managers and financiers.
December 4, 2018
New York partner Sean Griffiths was named as one of “Hollywood's Top 20 Dealmakers of 2018” by The Hollywood Reporter. He was recognized for his representation of Investcorp and PSP Investments in the acquisition of a minority stake in United Talent Agency, a leading global talent and entertainment company.
November 30, 2018
The Am Law Litigation Daily named Los Angeles partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. and Washington, D.C. partner Theodore B. Olson as “Litigators of the Week” [PDF] for leading a team that “jumped into action when the White House revoked the press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta, suing to force the Trump administration to restore his access.” Boutrous and Olson formed a team with deep knowledge of First Amendment law, including Washington, D.C. partner Joshua S.
November 30, 2018
The Times named Los Angeles partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. “Lawyer of the week” [PDF] for helping CNN’s Jim Acosta win back his press pass after it was revoked by the White House in November.
November 29, 2018
Washingtonian magazine named five DC partners to its 2018 Top Lawyers, featuring “[t]he area’s star legal talent” in their respective practice areas:
November 29, 2018
Gibson Dunn earned 12 firm rankings and 21 individual rankings in the 2019 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific.
November 29, 2018
Law360 named eight Gibson Dunn partners among its 2018 MVPs and noted that the firm had the most MVPs of any law firms this year. Law360 MVPs feature lawyers who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.”
November 28, 2018
The Denver Business Journal has named Denver partners Beau Stark and Fred Yarger to its 2018 list of Who’s Who in Energy. The list profiles the metro area’s key players in the energy industry.
November 22, 2018
The UK Legal 500 2019 ranked Gibson Dunn in 13 practice areas and named six partners as Leading Lawyers. The firm was recognized in the following categories:
November 21, 2018
Three Gibson Dunn partners were recognized by Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders: Global Elite 2019 in their respective practice areas. Brussels partner Peter Alexiadis and Washington, D.C. partner Richard Parker were recognized in Competition, and Washington, D.C. F.
November 21, 2018